A fire broke out in a home in Volusia County on Friday morning, and authorities said there are unusual circumstances surrounding who was in the home at the time.

A fire broke out in a home in Volusia County on Friday morning, and authorities said there are unusual circumstances surrounding who was in the home at the time.

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Updated: 4:49 PM EST Dec 13, 2013

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WEBVTT BACK AND I'LL BE TIMING A COLD FRONT AND THE RAIN AS WELL AHEAD. INVESTIGATORS ARE CALLING A BLAZE THAT TORE THROUGH A VOLUSIA COUNTY HOME SUSPICIOUS. THE FIRE BROKE OUT JUST AFTER TEN THIS MORNING ON THOMAS NEAR PHLEGMING IN ORMOND BEACH AND THE HOUSE IS NO STRANGER TO POLICE. WESH 2'S CLAIRE METZ JOINS US LIVE WITH THE LATEST. CLAIRE? APPARENTLY THE MEN WHO OWNS THIS HOME DIED AND HIS 30-YEAR-OLD SON COULDN'T AFFORD TO KEEP IT UP. THE HOUSE IS GOING TO FORECLOSURE BUT THE SON WAS LETTING MUCH YOUNGER FRIENDS LIVE HERE. FRIENDS THAT NEIGHBORS CALL REAL PROBLEMS. ALL I DID WAS I WOKE UP, SMELLED SMOKE, WENT DOWN STAIRS, ALREADY IN FLAMES. 19-YEAR-OLD DEION GRAVES AND THREE OR FOUR OTHER PEOPLE RANGING FROM 15-21 WERE IN THE HOUSE WHEN THE BLAZE BROKE OUT. GRAVES ALERTED THE OTHERS. BUT BY THEN THERE WAS NO EASY EXIT. WE JUMPED OFF THE ROOF. WE HAD TO JUMP THAT WAY. WE WAS ON THE TIP TOP AND WE HAD TO JUMP. A NEIGHBOR SHARED THIS VIDEO WAS THE BLAZE BLEW UP. FLAMES SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF N. THE FRONT. OUT THE BACK. RONNIE WAS JUST DRIVING BY WHEN HE SAW ONE TEENAGER TRYING TO PUT THE FLAMES OUT WITH A GARDEN HOSE. THE OTHERS JUMPING TO SAFETY. HE CALLED 911. THAT IS THE HOTTEST FIRE I'VE EVER SEEN. THIS HOUSE ACCORDING TO NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN A BONE OF CONTENTION FOR A LONG TIME. THEY CALL IT A FLOP HOUSE WITH UNATTENDED YOUNG PEOPLE IN AND OUT. POLICE AND FIRE HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE TENANTS BURNING TRASH AND COOKING IN THE GARAGE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED FOR DISTURBANCE CALLS BEFORE. I COULDN'T AFFORD IT. MY DAD PASSED AWAY AND LEFT IT TO ME. JASON SAYS THE HOME WAS GOING INTO FORECLOSURE. HE MOVED OUT TWO MONTHS AGO AND SHUT OFF THE UTILITIES BUT ADMITS HE WAS STILL LETTING FRIENDS STAY HERE. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY UNDER AGE MINORS IN HERE. I HAD PEOPLE OF AGE LIVING IN THE HOUSE. KIDS MAY HAVE SLIPPED IN AND OUT. YEAH. AND WHETHER ANYTHING THEY DID CONTRIBUTED TO THE BLAZE IS NOW PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHERE THE PARENTS SOME OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE WERE. ONE GIRL TOLD ME HER FATHER KICKED HER OUT. ANOTHER DESCRIBED THIS PLACE AS HIS CHILL HOUSE. WHERE THE KIDS ARE, WE DON'T KNOW. THE STATE'S FIRE MARSHAL WAS HERE. THEY'RE NOT GIVING US A CAUSE YET. THEY TELL US THIS REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

Officials investigate suspicious Volusia County fire

A fire broke out in a home in Volusia County on Friday morning, and authorities said there are unusual circumstances surrounding who was in the home at the time.